Airworthiness Directive 73-26-08
one-timeAD 73-26-08 · 1973-01-01 · airframe
Airworthiness Directives; except TC-350); 95-C55, D55, D55A, E55 and E55A (Serial Numbers TE-1 through TE-919 and TC-350), airplanes equipped with the EDO-A
Which aircraft AD 73-26-08 applies to
MakesExcept Tc-350)
ModelsD55, D55A, E55, E55A
equipped with
Whether AD 73-26-08 actually applies to your aircraft (by serial and installed parts) and whether it’s already complied with comes from that aircraft’s records.
How AD compliance is recorded
A valid compliance record (14 CFR 43.9) states:
Method of compliance — The specific action taken (inspected, replaced, modified) and to what revision.
Date — When the work was done.
Aircraft time — Total time in service / tach at compliance — how recurring next-due is computed.
Signature & certificate — The A&P/IA who returned it to service, with certificate number.
Is AD 73-26-08 complied with on your aircraft?
Tailplate reads a tail number’s logbooks and matches every applicable AD — including this one — to its compliance evidence, with recurring next-due dates computed.
Look up a tail number →Applicability is derived from the FAA directive corpus and is advisory, not a legal airworthiness determination. Compliance is established only from an aircraft’s actual records.